cold river in the Kott language) is a town and the administrative center of Tayshetsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located 669 kilometers (416 mi) northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast.

[11] It was founded in 1897 as a supply point and station on the Trans-Siberian Railway and was granted town status in 1938.

[3] During the 1930s–1950s, Tayshet was the center of administration for gulag labor camps Ozerlag and Angarstroy.

Along with Japanese prisoners from the Kwantung Army, German prisoners of war formed a large proportion of the forced labor contingent, generally under a 25-year sentence, such as Dietrich von Saucken.

[7] The town is located 669 kilometers (416 mi) northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast.